Chinese leader Xi Jinping is scheduled to arrive in Pyongyang on Monday for a two-day state visit marking the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations. He published a front-page op-ed in North Korea's Rodong Sinmun and last met Kim Jong-un in September at a Beijing military parade. The trip follows six prior meetings between the two leaders.
“Friendship or leverage: Why is Xi Jinping going to North Korea?”
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Xi's visit reflects efforts to build multipolar solidarity and stabilize the peninsula through engagement rather than isolation.
“U.S. containment, sanctions impact on civilians, China's leverage for dialogue”
The trip signals tightening coordination between authoritarian regimes to counter U.S. alliances in the Indo-Pacific.
“Communist regime unity, proxy pressure on Washington, limits of sanctions”
State-to-state diplomacy entrenches centralized control without advancing individual rights or open exchange.
“Hereditary dictatorship, command economy, absence of property rights or free speech”
Analyses overstate strategic signaling while under-examining mundane trade management, the seven-year gap causes, and Russia arms flows.
“Sanctions-evasion logistics, COVID border closures, Kim's Russia pivot, lack of concrete deliverables”
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